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Bullictin No. 49 M. M. LEIGHTON Septenbor 10, 1922. 
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANTA 


DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS 
Janes Pf, Woodward, Secretary 


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BUREAU OF TOPOGRAPHI@ AND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
George H, Ashley, State Gaologist 


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COAL BEDS IN, CLARION COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 


By 
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Introduction 


Clarion County has twelve coal beds, four of which are now being 
worked for shipping coal; five others are mined for local fuel, and 
the remainder are of no commerecionl importance at present. 


In 1918 Clarion County ranked twelfth in’Pennsylvania as a bitu- 
minous coal producing county, In that year 1,607,641 tons were pro- 
duced, valued at’$4,598,365; of the total amount, 1,502,101 tons 
valued at $4,300,465-were loaded at the mines for shipment; 80,314 
tons, valued at £180,867, were sold to’local trade and usec by 
employees; 25,226 tons, valued at $117,033, were used at the mines for 
steam and heat. None of the coal was made into eoke at the mines, 


Clarion County is bounded on the north and northeast by Forest 
County, on the east by Jefferson County, on the south anc southwest by 
Armstrong County, and on the northwest by Venango County, Its sren is 
601 square miles; its greatest width is 26 miles,-‘and its greatest 
length 32.5 miles, Its population in 1920 was 36,170. 


The Pennsylvania Railroad follows Redbank Creck from the eastern 
county line to its mouth, and the east bank of Allegheny River from 
Red. Bank to Emlenton. A branch line runs between Lawsonham, Rimerss 
burg and Sligo, The Baltimore ané@ Ohio Railroad runs northcast from 
St. Petersburg to Shipponsville, ond thence to the northeast corner of 
the county. The New York Central Railroad crosses the county in a 
general northwest direction-from Sutton and entcors Venango County just 
east of Van. The Lake Erie, Franklin & Hamilton Railroad serves the 
section east of the county scat. 


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The surface of Clarion County is very hilly and much dissected 
by streams, The larger streams flow in canyon-like gorges, with 
narrow flood plains and precipitous Barer ‘The valleys of the 
smaller streams are disproportionately wider, and have a very snall 
erodient near their headwaters. The more or ‘less uniform level of the 
higher hilltops represent the remnants of an old peneplain,. 


On the lower part of Clarion River and on Allegheny River the 
Slopes are broken by terraces, most of which are betwegn 200 and 210 
feet above the present strean "levels, These terraces‘cut in sand- 
Stone, and are covered with a layer of glacial gravel, in places over 
100 féet thick. 


STRUCTURE. 


All the structural features of Clarion County, with the exception 
of the Fairmount synclinc, are! not well defined, and form a part or 
an irregular monocline, rising gently northwest. 


Fairmount syncline lies in the southeast corner of the county, 
just west of Hawthorne and Shannondales The greatest dips in the 
county are on the flanks of this basin, the‘rocks on the southeastern 
flank dipping from 100 to 150 feet per “mile, and on the northwestern 
rio ns from 100 to 175 feet per mile. The axis rises gradually north- 
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Kellersburg anticline, lying nor thwe st of Fairmount syncline, 
crosses Redbank Creek one mile west of Climax, extends northeast near 
Frogtown and leaves the county 2 few miles nor th of Corsicn The 
southeastern flank of the anticline arpa: 75 to) 275 feet per “mile; the 
northwest flank dips 50 to 125 feet per mile. The axis is well 
defined, and rises regula wr ly northeast. 


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is Lawsonhan, follows 2 direct northeast course to Rockville, turns 
harply to's direction a little enst of north, and dise appears near 
eran The dips on the fiank of this syncline are 25 to 75 feet 
per mile; the axis gradually rises northeast, 


Rimersburg anticline is a low fold oxtending from Rimersburg to 
Sharpsburg Church. It seems to be « limb of Kellersburg anticline 
that is nearly cut off by Bradys Bend syncline, The fold is best 
caabbgilades near Rimersburg, but dies out 2 short distance west of that 
place, 


Northwest of Kellersburg anticline in the northern part of the 


county is a broad shallow basin, with the rocks rising gradually 
northwest to the axis of 2 minor anticlinol fold. 


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STRATIGRAPHY, 


The consolidated rocks exposed in Clarion County belong to the 
Mississippian and Pennsylvanian series of the Carboniferous system, 
The unconsolidated stream gravels along stream valley are of 
Quaternary age. . 


The Conenaugh formation has been almost entirely eroded in 
Clarion County, only 2 maximum thickness of 230 feet remaining in the 
hills in the southern part, It is composed of massive sandstone, 
Shales, limestones, and thin coal beds. 


The upper part of the Allegheny formation has been much eroded 
in Clarion County, remaining intact only in a few hills in the 
Southern part of the county. The lower part is widespread in all but 
Farmington township, The formation is composed of massive sandstone, 
Shale, clay beds, limestone, and several important coal beds. 


The Pottsville formation is composed of two massive sandstones, 
With a Shale, clay, and codl interval between them. It is exposed in 
the northern part of the cgunty, and along Clarion River and Piney 
Creck,- As the Mauch Chunk formation is lacking, the Pottsville forma- 
tion lies unconformably on 'the Burgoon sandstone. 


The Pocono formation is the lowest that outcrops in Clarion 


County, Its principal exposure is on Clarion River above Clarion. 
It is composed of shales and Sandstone, and is not cool bearing. 


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COAL BEDS, 


The following table shows the stratigraphic relation and the 
range in thickness of the coal beds. 


Coal beds in Clarion County, 


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Mercer Coal or Coals. The shales lying between the Homewood 
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one or more coal beds that are impure and never are more than a few 
inches thick. Drillers often report black shale at this horizon, 


Brookville ("A") Coal, This coal, lying a few feet above the 
Homewood sandstone’, is a very irregular but persistent bed in Clarion 
County. It is locally 4 fect 6 inches thick along Clarion River in 
the eastern part of the county, but is rather dirty and high in 
Sulphur, Two miles southeast of Madison schoolhouse it is 2 feet 9 
inches thick, including a 7-inch porting of shale and pyrite in the 
middle, It is mined east of Kingsville and west of Sutton and it is 
opened two miles west of Willinmsburg, where it is 2 feet 4 inches 
thick. .At Sligo and northeast of New Bethlehem it is locally % feet 
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Severnl benches by thick shale partings, the distance from the top of 
the highest bench to the bottom of the lowest being 15 feet. The bed 
is similarly parted at Shippensville, but toward the south the part- 
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Work during 1921 demonstrated what has lone been suspected that 
the "Craigsville" coal of the Foxburg-Clarion fclio is the equivalent 
of the Brookville conl at Brodkville, and that corls locally mapped 
©&S Brookville are at the Mcrcet horizon. Due t> this error confusion 
will cxist in this area until the survey of the county is reviscd, 
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Clarion Lower Coal, This bed, lying about 40 feet above the 
Brookville, is the second most important bed in Clarion County. It is 
the most important coal in the southwest part of the county where it 
iS persistent, anc from 2 to 7 fect thick. It contains a large 
quantity of iron pyrite and is called the "sulphur vein." It averages 
4 fect thick on Allegheny River in Richland towmship, and is mined for 
Shipping coal. It is parted 10 inches from the bottom by 16 inches of 
bony coale The Clarion Lower coal is mined near West Monterey, 
averages 5 feet thick, and has a persistent l-inch band of pyrite 9 
inches from the bottom. It is mined near Clarion and has a maxinun 
thickness of 6 feet, averaging 5 feet, It carries a 2-inch pyrite 
band @ feet 5 inches from the top, 7 inches of bony cool, 17 inches 
from the bottom, and is locally bony at the top. 


The Lower Clarion coal is of little value in the southeastern 
part of the county, where it averages a little over 2 feet thick. 


The Lower Clarion coal ranges from 37 tc 39 per cent volatile 
matter, averaging 38 per cent; 46 to 82 per-cant fixed carbon, 
averaging 48 per cent; 6 to 11 per cent ash, averaging 9 per cent; 
3 to 6 per cent Sulphur, averaging 4.5 per cent. The coal is ; 
generally hard anc blocky, although locally it is soft and friable, 
and slacks when mined, 


Clarion Upper Coal. This bed, lying from 10 to 20 feet above 
the Clarion Lower coal, seems to be split from that bed, It is 
extremely irregular, varying within a few feet from 2 few inches to 4 
feet thick. Between Parkers Eanding and St. Petersburg the coal is 
nearly 5 feet thick in places, and has been mined for shipment. 


Lower Kittanning ("B") Coal. This bed, lying about 100 feet 
above the Brookville, is the most persistent and important producing 
bed in Clarion County. The Lower Kittenning is persistent and uniform 
in thickness, averaging about 3 fect thick. No regular partings occur 
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The Lower Kittanning is 4 feet 6 inches thick at St. Petersburg, 
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thick at Upper Hillville, ond carries no partings, but numerous lenses 
of pyrite. At Catfish it is 4 feet thick, including 6‘inches of bony 
cool at the top; at Philipstowmn 3 feet 10 inches thick, including 2 
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cool at the top, It is 4 feet 4 inches thick at Red Bank, including 

6 inches of bony coal at the top. 


The Lower Kittanning’is mined extensively on the Sligo branch of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad, pnd averages 3 feet 6 inches thick at 
Lawsonham, Rimersburg and Sligo, It invariably carries about 4 inches 
of bony top coal. The bed thins to an average of 2 fect 8 inches in 
the southeastern part of the county. 


The Lower Kittanning averages 2 feet 10 inches thick in the 
vicinity of Clarion, including 3 inches of bone coal at the top, anda 
bone binder 5 inches below the bony coal. It seems to thin north and 
west. 


in the vicinity of Wentlings Corners the bed is 3 feet 2 inches 
thick, is unusually free from sulphur, and has been used as a black- 
snithing coal. The bed thins westward, 


One mile southwest of Zion Hill the Lower Kittanning is separated 
into two benches by a shale parting 13 feet thick. The upper bench 
is 3 feet 3 inches thick, and the lower one 15 inches thick. Both 
benches are good clean coal, 


The Lower Kittanning coal varies from 35 to 40 per cent ‘volatile 
matter, 49 to 53 per cent fixed carbon, 5 to 10 per cent’ash, and fron 
0.8 to 4 per cent sulphur, It is 2 stick and block coal, brilliant 
in lustre, and mines out in fair sized lumps, 


Middle Kittanning ("C") Coals, These two coals, which lie about 
60 and 75 feet above the Lower Kittanning, are very irregular, but 


. Locally reach 2 maximum thickness of 2 feet 6 inches. North of 


Clarion River the Midéle Kittanning is very thin, and entirely lacking 
in large areas, South of Clarion River the bed averages 16 inches 
thick, but is not persistent, At Mount Airy the bed is separated into 
two benches by 18 inches of shale; the lower bench is 43 inches thick, 
ond the upper one 21 inches thick. On Redbank Creek it is locnlly 2 
feet 6 inches thick, and is mined by farmers. 


Upper Kittanning ("C™) Coal, The Upper Kittanning coal, lying 


about 110 feet above the Lower Kittanning, is so variable in thickness 
that it is called the "Pot vein." North of Clarion River it is thin, 
locally reaching mineable thickness two miles north of St. Petersbure. 


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inches to 4 feet in thickness‘within 2 few yards. It may be mineable 
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a 2-inch shale parting near the midéle of the bed, It reaches a local 
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Lower Freevort ("D") Coal. This bed lies about 165 feet above 
the Lower Kittanning. It is probably entirely eroded north of Clarion 
River and is contained only in the highlands south of that river, Its 
area is greater, and its thickness more regular than the Upper Freeport, 
but it is thin and carries numerous partings. 


Between Parkers Landing and Rimersburg the Lower Freeport is 
separated by a shale parting 1 to 2 feet thick, ints two benches, each 
ranging from 1 to 3 feet thick. The bed is’from 3 feet 6 inches to 7 
feet thick in the vicinity of New Bethlehem, but is nearly worked out. 


Upper Freeport ("E") Coal. The Upper Freeport coal lics about 

200 feet above the Lower Kittanning ond 40 feet above the Lower Free- 
port. Its area is confined to some 50 hilltops along the southern 
border of the county, It ranges from 18 inches to 6 feet 3 inches 
Lan a not including persistent bony benches above and below the good 

al. Next to the Lower Kittanning and Clarion coal, it ranks third 
e importance in the county, and is persistent and mineable in 
practically its entire area, : 


One mile northeast of Dutch Hill the Upper Freeport is 2 feet 10 
inches thick, including two thin shele partings; 2 miles northeast 
of Eagle Mine it is 2 feet 7 inches thick, and has no distinct 
impurities. One mile northwest’of Kissi neers Mill it varies from 14 
inches to 3 feet 4 inches thick, ond is clean coal; 1$ miles northwest 
of Rimersburg it is 5 feet thick, including sreall bony benches at the 
top and bottom of the bed, Probably the greatest thickness of the 
bec is 1 mile southwest of Maple Grove where it is 6 feet 3 inches 
thick, including thick benches of bony coal at the top and bottom, 
One-half mile northeast of New Athens the bed is 4 feet 6 inches 
thick, but very bony. At Sandy Hollow the bed is 3 feet 1 inch thick, 
and the ‘coal is clean. 


Conemaugh Coals, The Bana Brush Sani and Bakerstowm 
coals average about 6 inches thick, and are not mineable. 


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